Community Development project!!!!!!!!!!
What is it about Community Development Strategies? Hi guys, just thinking of how we did this.
I hope everyone is looking forward to our end or year party. I will miss you guys, but we can still keep intouch by continuing this.
I had great experience with this project and I learned so much about this Unit. Thank you to our lovely teacher Gricel for her effort, encouragement, skills and her expertise she shared with us to do this unit.
Okay, Merry XMAS and have a lovely and safe holiday.
Cheers
Saturday, November 22, 2008
Sunday, October 26, 2008
Youth gang got busted
One of youth gang called ''killerbeez" got busted for selling drugs on the streets.
New Zealand Communities
New Zealand a beautiful country with many people from ethnic backgrounds.
New Zealand is a very clean and beautiful country. Its very cold in winter and sometimes in the summer.
South Island buildings is more like and old english country. North Island is very modern.
New Zealand Community Development always focus on bringing the communities together, creating programs for children, families and identifying the issues and needs to developed and delivered best assisstance for communities.
26 Point Action Plan for youth gangs in Manukau counties
New Zealand Government is investing $10 million over four years (budget 2006) in South Auckland to fund youth workers and wrap around family services. It will be used in conjunction with other government funding to resource the Action Plan’s initiatives for prevention, intervention and crisis management.Project Plan Action:
Establish Youth Action teams
Increase out-of-hour support by youth workers to Police stations
Provide facilities for short term placement for at risk youth after hours
Provide improved centralized police facilities.
Intervention:
Provide integrated case management to 100 young people and families
Strengthen Youth Offending Teams across Auckland with initial focus on Counties Manukau
Improve Children and Young Person’s Youth Justice and Family Group Conference services
Link Police Youth Action Teams with Maori Wardens
Develop Pacific Wardens and link with police youth action teams
Implement Turn-Your-Life-Around programme in counties Manukau
Implement the NZ Police Alcohol Action Plan across Auckland
Evaluate provision of drug and alcohol rehabilitation services for youth in Counties Manukau
Prevention:
More community based youth workers across South Auckland
Extend family Start services to Papakura and Mangere
Provide parenting information to support parents and caregivers of young people
Evaluate provision of Social Workers in Schools in Counties Manukau
Introduce social and health assessments for year 9 students in deciles 1 and 2 schools in Counties Manukau
Improved reporting and management of truancy
Expand Youth Transitions within Counties Manukau
Evaluate provision of family support services
Ensure provision of local budgeting services
Increase Police Education Officers to cover low decile schools (years 7-13)
Establish dialogue with young people in South Auckland to identify their priorities
Identify youth support service gaps across South Auckland for future action
REF: Action Plan for Counties Manukau and Otahuhu Youth – Ministry of Social Development NZ.
http://www.msd.govt.nz.about-msd-and-our-work/newsroom/media-release/2006/pr-2006...9/10/2008
Establish Youth Action teams
Increase out-of-hour support by youth workers to Police stations
Provide facilities for short term placement for at risk youth after hours
Provide improved centralized police facilities.
Intervention:
Provide integrated case management to 100 young people and families
Strengthen Youth Offending Teams across Auckland with initial focus on Counties Manukau
Improve Children and Young Person’s Youth Justice and Family Group Conference services
Link Police Youth Action Teams with Maori Wardens
Develop Pacific Wardens and link with police youth action teams
Implement Turn-Your-Life-Around programme in counties Manukau
Implement the NZ Police Alcohol Action Plan across Auckland
Evaluate provision of drug and alcohol rehabilitation services for youth in Counties Manukau
Prevention:
More community based youth workers across South Auckland
Extend family Start services to Papakura and Mangere
Provide parenting information to support parents and caregivers of young people
Evaluate provision of Social Workers in Schools in Counties Manukau
Introduce social and health assessments for year 9 students in deciles 1 and 2 schools in Counties Manukau
Improved reporting and management of truancy
Expand Youth Transitions within Counties Manukau
Evaluate provision of family support services
Ensure provision of local budgeting services
Increase Police Education Officers to cover low decile schools (years 7-13)
Establish dialogue with young people in South Auckland to identify their priorities
Identify youth support service gaps across South Auckland for future action
REF: Action Plan for Counties Manukau and Otahuhu Youth – Ministry of Social Development NZ.
http://www.msd.govt.nz.about-msd-and-our-work/newsroom/media-release/2006/pr-2006...9/10/2008
Youth gangs in Counties Manukau New Zealand
YOUTH GANGS IN NEW ZEALAND
(ACTION PLAN FOR COUNTIES MANUKAU AND OTAHUHU YOUTH)
New Zealand with a population of nearly 5 million people, has many ethnic groups living there. In 1971, most New Zealanders had European heritage. Now 30 percent are Maori, Pacific Islanders and Asian.
Nearly every corner of New Zealand, there is always a problem with young people. Some sniffing petrol, drugs, alcohol or involved in gang activities.
Youth gangs have existed in New Zealand for generations. But in the last two years, youth gangs have hit the headlines in a big way. There was increased gang activity in the South Auckland area in 2006, and the government has decided to find out what was really behind the violence so that measures could be taken to help young people and families.
In September 2006, Social Development Minister David Benson-Pope has announced a cross-government Action Plan to improve outcomes for young people and reduce youth offending in Counties Manukau and Otahuhu.
Research that was done by Ministry of Social Development in 2006, shows that a range of factors is driving youth gang membership in South Auckland, including economic, parenting, peer pressure and disengaging issues.
To acknowledge that there is a problem with youth gangs in South Auckland, the Auckland Youth Support Network group has developed the 26-point Action Plan.
With the help from the Minister of Education, Justice Social Development and Police, and Counties of Manukau District Health Board, the Network will work with local groups to implement the plan.
Research that was done by Ministry of Social Development in 2006, shows that a range of factors is driving youth gang membership in South Auckland, including economic, parenting, peer pressure and disengaging issues.
To acknowledge that there is a problem with youth gangs in South Auckland, the Auckland Youth Support Network group has developed the 26-point Action Plan.
With the help from the Minister of Education, Justice Social Development and Police, and Counties of Manukau District Health Board, the Network will work with local groups to implement the plan.
New Centres for trouble teenagers
Ministry of Social Development in Manukau counties has been working with 133 families with youngsters involved in youth gangs.
There is a centre in Hilsborough and Henderson that provides short accommodation for troubled teenagers.
The main roles of these centres is to take young people who have been arrested by the police and would otherwise have to spend more than 24 hours in police cells.
There is a 24 hour available counselling services provided by Lighthouse a non-profit organisation for trouble teenagers.
This services provides a clean bed, food etc for trouble teenagers for a short term.
Above is the openning ceremony of one of these centres.
Thursday, October 23, 2008
Awards presentation 2008
Ministry of Social Development for Improving Outcomes for Young People in Counties Manukau (Youth Gangs)This project is a four year collaborative Plan of Action to improve outcomes for the young people of Counties Manukau and reduce youth gang activity. It is a partnership between the Ministries of Social Development, Justice, Education, Health and Youth Development, and the New Zealand Police. This partnership between agencies aims to interrupt offending behaviour and reconnect young people to their communities by way of employment, education or training and supports at risk children and young people and their families to make positive choices. It is having a positive impact on at risk children and young people.
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